Classification Advisor

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Candidates must provide a cover letter when submitting their application. In the cover letter, candidates must clearly demonstrate how they meet the education and experience criteria listed in the essential and asset qualifications. Please use those criteria as headers and write one or two paragraphs for each demonstrating how the qualification is met by providing concrete examples of how, when and where the experience was obtained. Please note that it is not sufficient to only state that a criterion is met or to provide a listing of current or past responsibilities. Résumés may be used as a secondary source to validate the information provided. Failure to provide the information in the requested format may result in the rejection of your application.

Duties

Provision of seasoned classification advice to managers and other internal clients and stakeholders on a variety of classification and organizational design issues, which are most frequently associated with proposed job and work design considerations, and carrying out classification reviews, including preparing rationales and conducting on-sites/desk audits. The position ensures effective ongoing record keeping related to position information, classification data, evaluation outcomes and the work of OSFI’s Job Evaluation Committee.

Work environment

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is an independent agency of the Government of Canada, established in 1987 to contribute to the safety and soundness of the Canadian financial system. OSFI supervises and regulates federally registered banks and insurers, trust and loan companies, as well as private pension plans subject to federal oversight.

As a Classification Advisor at OSFI, you will use the Hay Plan to evaluate positions and will work on a diversity of classification projects and initiatives as part of a motivated and dynamic human resources team. Clients are located in our head office in Ottawa as well as in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.

Intent of the process

The immediate need is to staff one position with a language requirement of bilingual imperative BBB/BBB on an indeterminate basis.

A pool of qualified or partially qualified candidates may be created to staff similar positions with various tenures (indeterminate, term, acting, etc.), linguistic profiles (CBC/CBC, BBB/BBB, etc.) and/or security requirements (reliability, secret, etc.) within the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 5,000 words (maximum)

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION
- Graduation with a degree* from a recognized university with specialization in human resources management, labour or industrial relations, psychology, public or business administration, organizational development, education, sociology or another field relevant to the work to be performed.

*The term "degree" refers to a baccalaureate or a higher level degree, as established by educational authorities.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE
- Experience in providing professional advice to management on a variety of organization design and classification issues
- Experience evaluating diverse roles at various levels
- Experience in conducting relativity research and analysis
- Experience in conducting on-site verifications and preparing coincidence and non-coincidence reports
- Experience participating on classification committees

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET EDUCATION
- Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) designation
- Completion of formal training on the Hay Group Guide Charts and job evaluation methodology
- Completion of one or more of the following Canada School of Public Service organization and classification courses: P911, P912, and P916
- Classification certification or accreditation

Degree equivalency

ASSET EXPERIENCE
- Experience leading or participating in organization wide classification initiatives within a unionized environment
- Experience in evaluating and implementing generic job descriptions
- Experience in evaluating positions and writing rationales using the Hay Plan

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of classification and organizational design principles
- Knowledge of the interrelationship between human resources disciplines
- Knowledge of the Hay Plan

COMPETENCIES
- Professional Judgment
- Service Orientation
- Impact and Influence
- Developing Myself
- Critical Thinking

ABILITIES
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing
- Ability to communicate effectively orally
- Ability to provide sound advice

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

ASSET KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of the classification system within the Federal Public Service

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS
- In order to meet the organization’s employment equity objectives in support of a diversified workforce, ‘right fit’ selection for this position may be made from among qualified candidates who self-declare as being Persons with a disability or Aboriginal peoples.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- Willingness and ability to work overtime on occasion
- Willingness and ability to travel within Canada on occasion

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other information

A written examination will be administered.

An interview will be administered.

Reference checks will be sought.

The ability to communicate effectively in writing will be assessed using the candidate's application, as well as through the evaluation process.

Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript (original documents only). Candidates with foreign credentials must provide proof of Canadian equivalency. Consult the Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials for further information at http://www.cicic.ca/.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet any or all of the asset qualifications. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

Depending on the requirements of the position(s) being staffed from this process, for current or future vacancies, any or all of the asset qualifications may be applied at any time during the staffing process, including screening. Candidates may be contacted and assessed against these criteria at any time during this process.

Achieving a representative workforce has been identified as an organizational need and may be applied in this appointment process. If this criterion is used, only those who have indicated that they are members of the specified designated group(s) will be considered.

A top down selection of candidates may be used in the determination of those to be given further consideration in the assessment process.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application.

For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail (including sending invitations for written tests and interviews). Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid e-mail address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

All job applications must be submitted through the Government of Canada public service jobs website. Do not email, fax, or mail hard copy documents as these will not be accepted. To submit an application online, please click on the "apply now" button.

If you do not have Internet access in your home or through friends, relatives or neighbours, here are some suggested locations: campus career centers, libraries, community centers, Internet cafés and Services Canada. You may also call 1-800-O-Canada (1-800-622-6232), or TTY 1-800-926-9105, for information on the nearest public Internet access locations.

Persons with a disability preventing them from applying on-line are asked to contact 1-800-645-5605.

Applicants with disabilities: If you require special accommodation at any stage in the selection process, including technical aid to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please inform us by sending an e-mail to the following address: .

OSFI's Ottawa location is downtown with easy access to shopping, restaurants, gyms, financial institutions and more. The building is less than a five minute walk from the Transitway and from the nearest STO stop.

As a Separate Agency, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) appoints employees in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). OSFI is named in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act (FAA) and it offers the same pension and benefits plans as the core Federal Public Service. In addition to this, OSFI employees obtain a minimum of 4 weeks of vacation leave per year, earn a competitive salary, and are eligible for an annual performance bonus.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.